Lewis flirts with 59 in Denmark

COPENHAGEN: England’s Tom Lewis flirted with shooting the first ever 59 on the European Tour before settling for a nine-underpar 62 and a share of the first round lead at the Made in Denmark tournament in Farso yesterday.

Lewis had got to 12 under with five holes to play and needed only pars coming in to dip under 60 but he slipped back with bogeys at the fifth (his 14th hole), eighth and ninth to finish level with Bel- gium’s Thomas Pieters and Swede Joakim Lagergren.

“It was a good round today but a disappointing one, but how many people can get disappointed with nine under?” the 25-year-old said. “It’s a tough one but everyone can tell it (a chance of a 59) was on there and unfortunately I came up just short. I hit some good putts, I hit some bad putts.

“A couple of good ones that missed, and a couple of bad ones that holed.

“In all it was fine,” said Lewis. – Reuters